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What are you up to on Saturday, July, 15th? If you are looking to get outside, get active and enjoy the beautiful city of Toronto, then what better way to do it than to come out to Arc in the Park, a sun filled day of your favourite four-square paddle and ball game hosted by Sportspateria and Fit Escapes. Come …

Hello Sportspateria Fans, As Sportspateria continues to grow and take over the planet, it is necessary that our team grows with it. We are proud to introduce the newest member of the Sportspateria family – Luke Hagreen, VP of Western Canada. Luke has been a huge supporter of Sportspateria from the get-go. He brings a wealth of experience to the …

Being a young startup company and learning what it takes to run a successful business has been a very unique and engaging experience. The fact that we are a two-person operation at this point means that we both have to wear all of the hats and have our hands in all of the pots and put our feet in all …

If you know me well then you know that all of my friends call me Mr. International. Okay, fine, no one calls me that, I might be the least well traveled person on the planet. If it isn’t in Toronto then chances are I haven’t seen it. On the other hand, Sportspateria is making moves all over the globe. Sportspateria …

Have you ever played a game that used paddles made out of duct tape? We have. You see, many moons ago when we were in high school, Cam, myself and our friends used to play Sportspateria using paddles made out of duct tape. To be honest, I would still make the paddles out of duct tape if I thought anyone …

Do you know where your Sportspateria Kit is? I do, it’s sitting in my living room in Toronto. So, as I sit here in a small town located north of Highway 7 between Belleville and Ottawa, unable to leave because I don’t have any tires on my car, yearning to go outside but unable to because I’m scared of the …

Have you ever had a good idea that you were absolutely stoked about? I mean really jacked up about. Like “Oh God, how the hell did I think this up? Shimmy over Elon Musk, I got this!” We had one of those ideas once. Let’s take a walk back in time to two years ago. We were trying to come …

Do you have what it takes to rappel down the side of a building in downtown Toronto? Me neither. But a team from The Local Gest does! They will be holding a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Rope for Hope on Saturday, May 6th at 7:00 pm to raise funds for a good cause. The Local Gest team will be …

“What’s that massive white thing off in the distance?” “What thing?” “The white thing with the blue writing? Where all of those people are gathered. Sports-pa something.” “I have no idea. Let’s go check it out!” That’s exactly how I imagine everyone reacting when they see the Sportspateria banner. Yeah, we got a banner. It’s white, it has blue writing, …

Sportspateria – The sport of the people. It’s not an official slogan, it’s not even really an unofficial slogan, the point is that when the people talk we listen. Case in point, I was talking to some old man this past Friday and he said something to me that resonated deeply, the old man said “Have you ever tried to …